Philadelphia man charged in 2018 Cheltenham road rage slaying

NORRISTOWN — With the help of ballistics experts and his testimony during a Delaware County Court trial, authorities tied a Philadelphia man to the fatal shooting of another man during a 2018 road rage incident in Cheltenham Township.

Jihad Henderson, 38, of the 5000 block of Baltimore Avenue, was charged this week with first- and third-degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime in connection with the alleged Oct. 15, 2018, death of 29-year-old Rithina Torn, who was fatally shot during a road rage incident at Dewy Road and Front Street in the Melrose Park section of Cheltenham.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Cheltenham Township Police Chief John P. Slavin announced Henderson’s arrest late Wednesday…

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